Oct 9, 2021 By: yunews
Dr. Jeffrey Gonzalez, professor of psychology at and the Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Population Health at , announced that he will be a co-principal investigator in a three-year grant from (formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) awarded to Einstein and the Montefiore Health System that will support a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targeted at emotional distress related to diabetes among young adults with type 1 diabetes.
His co-principal investigator is Dr. Shivani Agarwal, assistant professor of medicine at Einstein and director of the Supporting Emerging Adults with Diabetes (SEAD) program at Montefiore.
“I'm really excited about this project,” noted Dr. Gonzalez, “because of its novel use of mHealth [mobile health] technologies that will support examinations of dynamic changes in CBT targets, emotional distress, and glycemic control over time.” He added that “we are both excited that Ferkauf students will have the opportunity to become involved as protocol therapists and blinded clinical assessors of psychological outcomes.”
Here is the official press release.